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XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre at
ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre,
P.O. Box - Apdo. 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Canada, Madrid, Spain
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Contents:
- XMM-Newton Workshop "Supersoft X-ray Sources - New Developments":
deadline for abstract submission
- Fix of a problem found in time correlation files (TCX) from
XMM-Newton observations from revolutions 1435 to 1572
- Regeneration of time correlation files (TCX) from XMM-Newton
observations before revolution 1435
- Conference "The Energetic Cosmos: from Suzaku to ASTRO-H":
registration and abstract submission open
XMM-Newton Workshop "Supersoft X-ray Sources - New Developments":
deadline for abstract submission
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As announced in issue #80 of the XMM-Newton Newsletter, the
XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre is organising an astrophysical
workshop from Monday 18th to Wednesday 20th May 2009 at the
European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) close to Madrid, Spain.
This is a reminder on the approaching deadline for abstract submission:
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACTS BY FRIDAY, 13th of MARCH.
See the workshop website for more information:
http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_science/workshops/2009_science/
Fix of a problem found in time correlation files (TCX) from XMM-Newton
observations from revolutions 1435 to 1572
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The time correlation (TCX) files are the ODF constituents which provide
the link of the XMM-Newton on-board time to Universal Time. It has
recently been discovered that TCX currently stored in the XMM-Newton
Science Archive (XSA) and with observation date ranging from October 10,
2007 to July 9, 2008 (revolutions 1435-1572) are affected by a
computational problem. This problem may induce absolute timing errors of
up to 600 microseconds. This problem was also mentioned in the EPIC
status of calibration and data analysis document, issue 2.7.3, announced
in XMM-Newton Newsletter #88, and related SAS watchout item available at
http://xmm2.esac.esa.int/sas/8.0.0/watchout/ODF/tcx_problems.shtml
The computational problem is now understood and fixed. Regeneration of
ODFs with the correct TCX constituent is currently underway, and is
expected to be completed by the end of May 2009. PIs of observations
which are still proprietary will receive a notification after ingestion
on the XSA of the re-generated ODFs.
The scientific analysis of observations using affected TCX files before
the fix is done will only be impacted if the results depend on the
knowledge of the absolute timing of registered X-ray events with a
precision of better than the mentioned 600 microseconds. PIs of such
observations and who prefer not to wait until ODFs are re-generated are
suggested to contact XMM-Newton SOC via e-mail to xmmpi@sciops.esa.int,
providing a short explanation of their needs and specifying the
observation ID in the subject of the message.
Regeneration of time correlation files (TCX) from XMM-Newton
observations before revolution 1435
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Following the correction of the TCX files from XMM-Newton revolutions
1435 to 1572 (see previous item of this Newsletter), all the TCX files
since the beginning of the mission will be re-generated. This "bulk
regeneration" exercise will allow us to populate the XSA archive with
ODF files including updated time correlation constituents. As a result,
XSA will contain data of homogeneous quality, based on the latest
determination of the ground-station antenna delays which account for the
contribution of the on-board computer and of the ground station to the
telemetry fly-time from the spacecraft to the Earth.
The impact of the bulk regeneration for the XMM-Newton users is
expected to be negligible. The readjustments in the time correlation
elements are within the typical systematic uncertainties of the
XMM-Newton absolute timing calibration (100 microseconds). The whole
regeneration exercise is expected to be finished by the end of October
2009.
Conference "The Energetic Cosmos: from Suzaku to ASTRO-H":
registration and abstract submission open
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As announced in issue #86 of the XMM-Newton Newsletter, the conference
"The energetic cosmos: from Suzaku to ASTRO-H" will be held from 29th
June to 2nd July 2009 in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan. Immediately following
this conference, a one-day meeting on the future mission IXO
(International X-ray Observatory) will be held separately.
Registration and abstract submission for this conference is now possible.
Deadline for abstract submission is March 16, 2009.
Deadline for registration is April 13, 2009.
See the conference website for more information:
http://www-utheal.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/SuzakuConference2009
Yours sincerely,
XMM-Newton SOC
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